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What causes us to think of prayer as the last option rather than the first? I can think of two reasons: feelings of independence and feelings of insignificance.

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Be quick to pray. Stop talking to yourself. Talk to Christ.
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Prayer Quick Stop Talk Yourself
A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.
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Inspirational Leadership Man Motivational Music Strength
If today were your last, would you do what you’re doing? Or would you love more, give more, forgive more?
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Forgiveness Love Yourself
Anxiety and fear are cousins but not twins. Fear sees a threat. Anxiety imagines one.
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Anxiety Fear Imagination Relationship
Refusing to forgive is like ingesting a lethal dose of poison and hoping it kills my enemy.
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Enemy Forgiveness Hope Myself Poison
The difference between mercy and grace? Mercy gave the prodigal son a second chance. Grace gave him a feast.
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Chance Differences Food Grace Himself Mercy
God never promises to remove us from our struggles. He does promise, however, to change the way we look at them.
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Change God Ourselves Perspective Promise Struggle
God has proven himself as a faithful father. Now it falls to us to be trusting children.
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Children Fall Father God Trust
Prayer pushes us through life’s slumps, propels us over the humps and pulls us out of the dumps. Prayer is the oomph we need to get the answers we seek.
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God Need Prayer Religious Seek
God sees us with the eyes of a Father. He sees our defects, errors and blemishes. But He also sees our value.
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Eyes Father God Himself Ourselves See Value
Be patient. God is using today’s difficulties to strengthen you for tomorrow. He is equipping you. The God who makes things grow will help you bear fruit.
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Difficult God Growth Help Himself Patience Strength
God does uncommon things through common people in common places.
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God Magic People Place
God loves you simply because He has chosen to do so. He loves you when you don’t feel lovely. He loves you when no one else loves you. Others may abandon you, divorce you, and ignore you, but God will love you always. No matter what!
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Divorce God I Love You Ignorance Leaving Simplicity Togetherness Yourself
Fear creates a form of spiritual amnesia.
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Creation Fear Form Spiritual
If your God is mighty enough to ignite the sun, could it be that He is mighty enough to light your path?
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Enough God Inspirational Light Path Sun
A little rain can straighten a flower stem. A little love can change a life.
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Change Flower Life Love Rain
A woman’s heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.
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God Hide Himself Inspirational Love Man Powerful Seek Woman
The lack of God-centeredness leads to self-centeredness.
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God Wisdom
Our Savior kneels down and gazes upon the darkest acts of our lives. But rather than recoil in horror, he reaches out in kindness and says, “I can clean that if you want.” And from the basin of his grace, he scoops a palm full of mercy and washes away our sin.
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Act Darkness Grace Kindness Live Ourselves Reach Sin
I choose love. No occasion justifies hatred; no injustice warrants bitterness, I choose love. Today I will love God and what God loves.
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Choice God Hate Injustice Love Myself
People are watching the way we act, more than they are listening to what we say.
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Act Inspirational Listening People Talk
Don’t quit. For if you do, you may miss the answer to your prayers.
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Missing Prayer Quit Yourself
Here’s what you need to keep in mind. You no longer have yesterday. You do not yet have tomorrow. You have only today. This is the day the Lord has made. Live in it.
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Inspirational Live Mindset Present Yourself
God is always near us. Always for us. Always in us.
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Connection God Spiritual
Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day. If I succeed, I will give thanks. If I fail, I will seek his grace. And then, when this day is done, I will place my head on my pillow and rest.
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Control Failure Grace Joy Kindness Love Patience Seek Thankful
The Bible is the story of two gardens. Eden and Gethsemane. In the first, Adam took a fall. In the second, Jesus took a stand.
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Fall Garden Religious Story
God is God. He knows what he is doing. When you can’t trace his hand, trust his heart.
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God Hands Heart Himself Trust

What causes us to think of prayer as the last option rather than the first? I can think of two reasons: feelings of independence and feelings of insignificance.

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What causes us to think of prayer as the last option rather than the first? I can think of two reasons: feelings of independence and feelings of insignificance.

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